The Free Sailing App for Racers, Coaches, and Race Committees
SailingMetrics puts GPS performance tracking, live race metrics, and regatta management in your pocket - free for iOS and Android.
- Race in the SailingMetrics league - GPS-scored races, solo or with others
- Track speed, VMG, and heel angle live on the water, with video recording
- Manage regattas with race timing, handicap scoring, and live tracking
What You Need to Use the App on the Water
A GPS device records your track, but the app records more:
Which Device?
Use a dedicated phone rather than your everyday one. It will be mounted on the boat, exposed to spray, and at risk of going overboard, so keeping your main phone ashore removes the risk entirely.
Most of our users run something like the Ulefone: rugged, IP69K waterproof, large battery, and inexpensive enough to leave rigged on the boat.
Mounting on Your Boat
The phone needs to stay secure even in a capsize. For an ILCA or similar dinghy, a RAM-style mount on the cockpit coaming rail works well: it holds the phone at a readable angle, keeps it clear of the mainsheet, and positions the camera for a useful forward view.
For video recording, make sure the mount keeps the phone steady enough that the horizon doesn't bounce excessively. A stiff arm rather than a flexible one gives better footage.
Live Metrics
The Live Metrics screen gives you a real-time dashboard of your sailing performance while you're on the water. It combines GPS, compass, and accelerometer data into a single view and can announce metric values aloud so you can focus on sailing without looking at your phone.
- Speed Over Ground (SOG) and Velocity Made Good (VMG)
- Course Over Ground (COG) and compass heading
- Heel angle from the device accelerometer
- Audio announcements for hands-free use
Read the full Live Metrics documentation to learn about integration periods, audio configuration, and sensor orientation settings.
Participate in the SailingMetrics League
The app allows you to participate in the SailingMetrics league, a decentralized sailing competition. The app allows you to:
- Track location and optionally record video at official sailing competitions
- Create virtual races for solo training or racing with friends
Tracks are automatically uploaded and scored. We also offer a wide range of post-race analysis functionality.
Training and Coaching Functionalities
The app also supports your training, no matter if you are training alone, with a coach or with friends:
- Location tracking using the smartphone's GPS sensor
- Video recording (requires secure mounting of your device)
- Remote coaching using video, audio and location streaming
- AI-based sailing video analytics
Once you have completed your track or training session, you can directly upload your data to SailingMetrics to analyze your track and calculate metrics such as maximum speed, velocity made good (VMG) or velocity made good on course (VMC).
App for Regatta Management with Time Tracking
The SailingMetrics app helps you to organise and run a sailing competition.
- Creation of sailing competitions
- Use of competition classes for separate scoring
- Stream live location of entries
- Various start sequences in the app
- Timing functionality for races
- Automated scoring with different handicapping systems (Yardstick, Portsmouth Yardstick or correction factors)
- Export race and competition results to csv and other formats